Artists listed in VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s Quiz

Rank	Artist	Song
1		Livin' on a Prayer
2		Pour Some Sugar On Me
3		Hungry Like the Wolf
4		Billie Jean
5		When Doves Cry
6		I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
7		Sweet Child O' Mine
8		Like a Virgin
9		Walk This Way
10		You Shook Me All Night Long
11		Don't Stop Believing
12		How Will I Know
13		With Or Without You
14		Walk Like an Egyptian
15		Jump
16		Need You Tonight
17		Here I Go Again
18		Come On Eileen
19		Time After Time
20		Jessie's Girl
21		Beat It
22		Just Like Heaven
23		Girls Just Want to Have Fun
24		Take On Me
25		Our Lips Are Sealed
26		Welcome to the Jungle
27		Too Shy
28		Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
29		Burning Down the House
30		Love is a Battlefield
31		Under Pressure
32		Sister Christian
33		Tainted Love
34		Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Rank	Artist	Song
35		In the Air Tonight
36		867-5309/Jenny
37		Janie's Got a Gun
38		Pride (In the Name of Love)
39		I Melt With You
40		Love Shack
41		Dr. Feelgood
42		London Calling
43		Look of Love
44		Cruel Summer
45		Nasty
46		Every Breath You Take
47		We're Not Gonna Take It
48		Born in the U.S.A.
49		Fight For Your Right
50		Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
51		Round and Round
52		You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
53		White Wedding
54		Push It
55		I Ran (So Far Away)
56		Total Eclipse of the Heart
57		Mickey
58		Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
59		Jack & Diane
60		Bust a Move
61		Mr. Roboto
62		Take My Breath Away
63		Whip It
64		Straight Up
65		I Want to Know What Love Is
66		Just Can't Get Enough
67		Keep On Loving You
68		Fight the Power

Rank	Artist	Song
69		It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
70		I Love Rock N' Roll
71		Super Freak
72		One Thing Leads to Another
73		99 Luftballons
74		Faith
75		Little Red Corvette
76		She Blinded Me With Science
77		Candy Girl
78		Call Me
79		Don't You Want Me?
80		It Takes Two
81		Word Up!
82		Tempted
83		Kiss
84		All Night Long (All Night)
85		Addicted to Love
86		I Want Candy
87		Rock Me Amadeus
88		Ain't Nobody
89		Brass in Pocket
90		Wild Thing
91		Walking On Sunshine
92		You Got It (The Right Stuff)
93		Cars
94		Start Me Up
95		Only in My Dreams
96		Down Under
97		What I Like About You
98		My Prerogative
99		Everybody Have Fun Tonight
100		Working for the Weekend

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VH1's 100 Songs ('80s) Quiz

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Created May 19, 2009 in Music
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	Klingsta:	May 19th, 2009 at 04:49 GMT		4 points
	the 80s are the PINNACLE of music. LOVE IT

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	pete:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:00 GMT		8 points
	johnlk - looks like they are either going by when the song charted, or possibly the US release, which may not have been until 1980, though it's not clear from wikipedia.

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	sammyhain2364:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:07 GMT		5 points
	#59 was recorded when he was still going by John Cougar so Cougar should be acceptable. #88 was recorded by Rufus w/Chaka Khan so Rufus should be accepted. For some reason you needed to type both the first and last names on #53 & #70

	snoreway:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:22 GMT		44 points
	Kids, get off of MovieDynamic's lawn!

	Liberal:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:23 GMT		41 points
	No one decade is the pinnacle of music. And to say the 80s sucked are pretty close minded. Groups like Sonic Youth, Pixies and The Pretenders were awesome. Electronic music is not trash. Michael Jackson and Prince were great pop musicians. The decade also was great for hip-hop in the latter part of it.

	jmarshallg:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:34 GMT		3 points
	Jett should work for Joan Jett and Idol should work for Billy Idol

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	Kevin:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:45 GMT		5 points
	@MovieDynamic - certainly, the sixties had the British Invasion, but the 80s, trash? Have you ever listened to U2?

	maniacalclown:	May 19th, 2009 at 06:07 GMT		0 points
	#98 should be spelled "My Prerogative." Fun quiz. I'm almost sad I got 65 of them.

	oldkent:	May 19th, 2009 at 06:37 GMT		2 points
	Awesome Quiz! I love the 80's, although, not being born then I kinda have an excuse for going as well as I might have hoped..

	mbossa:	May 19th, 2009 at 06:41 GMT		2 points
	Great quiz, but the "Year" column doesn't really look like years. I'm guessing it was meant to be "Rank".

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	Haunter:	May 19th, 2009 at 06:47 GMT		-4 points
	for cheap lulz, go youtube the cameo video for "Word Up." Lavar Burton from Star Trek is in it, too. It's awesome. I'm proud I got ABC, also.

	debbiedoesnothin:	May 19th, 2009 at 06:55 GMT		10 points
	I can't believe some of the ones I missed - U2, the Clash, Talking Heads. But I knew Debbie Gibson. Shoot me now.

	bottle_rocket:	May 19th, 2009 at 07:13 GMT		-2 points
	Great game! I think I would have preferred having the artists and guessing the songs. It probably would have been harder but more in line with other quizzes here at Sporcle.

	SixFootFive:	May 19th, 2009 at 07:19 GMT		5 points
	One thing about 80's music, it was all about being happy, whichever genre you were into. The biggest teen angst we had back then was "Papa don't preach". Gotta love that !!

	Fawkes:	May 19th, 2009 at 07:23 GMT		7 points
	Tommy used to work on the docks...

	thegrimreaper:	May 19th, 2009 at 07:32 GMT		5 points
	thank you dave chappelle for giving me "rick james" haha

	AhLeah:	May 19th, 2009 at 07:51 GMT		2 points
	I wonder if some of you people experienced the same '80s I did. ;)

	guyleguy:	May 19th, 2009 at 08:15 GMT		8 points
	The 80s had some truly awesome music. Had some bad music too, but what decade doesn't? The list is pretty flawed though, admittedly. No songs by "The Cars?"

	dbcint:	May 19th, 2009 at 08:25 GMT		5 points
	If I just typed in "Jackson" for Michael, I'm guessing I would have got Janet as well. Then again, if I hadn't typed in Michael, I doubt I would've got George. Perhaps I should stop Sporcling after a 6 hour road trip

	YankeesJets2310:	May 19th, 2009 at 08:29 GMT		2 points
	The rankings are almost as bad as some of the songs left off.

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	shmoses:	May 19th, 2009 at 09:03 GMT		6 points
	Sporcle, PLEASE correct the apostrophe error in "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"!

	fatfifer:	May 19th, 2009 at 10:42 GMT		-1 points
	I think i would of done alot better if i had just typed in a bunch of 80s bands rather than try and get them for each song. @Paulo; seconded

	spurtle:	May 19th, 2009 at 11:10 GMT		3 points
	Isn't it criminal how Debbie Gibson and New Kids On The Block can get in there ahead of Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths and Madness?

	The_Snakes:	May 19th, 2009 at 11:12 GMT		1 point
	Ian Curtis died only 5 months into 1980.

	y2jdilemma:	May 19th, 2009 at 11:13 GMT		-2 points
	97/100 on the first try. I dont know whether to be proud or frightened! Shakes my fist at kajagoogoo, night ranger and squeeze

	Lyn_Marie:	May 19th, 2009 at 11:26 GMT		4 points
	Back in the 80's I hated 80's music. Now it's fun to hear it... I think I'm getting old!

	spurtle:	May 19th, 2009 at 11:52 GMT		-2 points
	The Snakes - Although that is true, their songs were released in the 80's. Not that I'd have expected those acts to have featured with it being an American list, but still, vastly superior to Gibson and New Kids.

	Skydog:	May 19th, 2009 at 11:52 GMT		-2 points
	Got 20 and that's just naming bands and people lol.. band with song titles.

	kingmouse:	May 19th, 2009 at 11:57 GMT		13 points
	no Huey Lewis and the News...really?

	DerKomissar:	May 19th, 2009 at 12:11 GMT		4 points
	Yes! VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s is the second most important thing in my life, right after the NFL Draft. So glad this quiz came out.

	zoepan:	May 19th, 2009 at 12:46 GMT		0 points
	First quiz that I got 100%. Would have been faster if I hadnt tried to type the "rock dots" over #41.

	procrstinologist:	May 19th, 2009 at 12:51 GMT		7 points
	Now I will have walking on sunshine stuck in my head the rest of the day. Thank you sporcle.

	Kicking222:	May 19th, 2009 at 13:02 GMT		5 points
	OK, I got 82, and 82 is obviously a very good number. Yet I'm still upset with myself- I love 80s music, and I missed so many that, even if I don't love the song, I should've known the artist. I had no business missing Night Ranger or Cameo or Foreigner or Katrina and the Waves or Def f***ing Leppard. No business at all.